5th Annual ISRT Student Educator Seminar

April 18th & 19th, 2024
UnityPoint | 1415 Woodland Ave. Suite 140, Des Moines, IA 50309

Student Educator Seminar Brochure

Seminar Fees

Student Seminar Fees:

Student Educator Seminar Only (Thursday & Friday)
– $80

Fees include Lunch and Break snacks. There will not be a Zoom option for this year’s seminar.

Educator Seminar Fees:

Student Educator Seminar Only (Thursday & Friday)
– $60
Student Educator Conference Thursday + Annual Meeting Friday
– $60 + $60/day ISRT Members
– $60 + $120/day Non-ISRT Members

Fees include Lunch and Break snacks.

**Educators wanting to attend the ISRT Annual Meeting on Friday instead of the Student Educator Seminar must register for the Annual Meeting when registering for theStudent Educator Seminar.

Hotel rooms are available at the Holiday Inn in downtown Des Moines for $107 per night. Book Now

Thursday, April 18th, 2024

7:00 – 7:45 AM – Registration & Breakfast
7:45 – 8:00 AM – Welcome
8:00 – 9:00 AM – DOs and DON’Ts of Digital Imaging
9:00 – 10:00 AM – OH NO, Physics
10:00 – 10:30 AM – Break
10:30 – 11: 30 AM – Positioning Recap
11:30 – 12:30 PM – Lunch Provided
12:30 – 1:30 PM – Problem Children of Radiographic Principles
1:30 – 2:30 PM – Radiation Protection & Biology
2:30 – 2:45 PM – Break
2:45 – 3:45 PM – To Pass, or Not to Pass? That is the Question
3:45 – 4:45 PM – Less Common Views and Some Trauma

Friday, April 19th, 2024

7:00 – 8:45 AM- Registration & Breakfast
8:45 – 9:00 AM – Welcome
9:00 – 10:00 AM – Ethics and Law in Medical Imaging
10:00 – 10:30 AM – Break
10:30 – 11: 30 AM – Test Anxiety and the Exam Preparation*
11:30 – 12:30 PM – Lunch Provided
12:30 – 12:45 PM – Student Scientific Paper Presentations
12:45 – 2:45 PM – Mock “Board” Examination
2:45 – 3:15 PM – Medical Imaging Alphabet Soup
3:15 – 3:30 PM – Awards – Including ISRT Scholarship

*The speaker is not an official representatives of the ARRT, has not been authorized by ARRT to speak on its behalf, and only ARRT can provide definitive information on its education requirements. https://www.arrt.org/

Educator Agenda

Day 1
Day 2

Thursday, April 18th, 2024

7:00 – 7:45 AM- Registration & Breakfast
7:45 – 8:00 AM – Student-Educator Seminar Welcome
8:00 – 10:00 AM – Engaged Classroom and Hands on Learning – Lindsey Heffernan & Gretchen Kilworth
10:00 – 10:30 AM – Break
10:30 – 11: 30 AM – Join students for Positioning Recap
11:30 – 12:30 PM – Lunch Provided
12:30 – 1:30 PM – I’m a RAD Thinker – Brittni A. VanderMolen
1:30 – 2:30 PM – Question Building – Brittni A. VanderMolen
2:30 – 2:45 PM – Break
2:30 – 4:30 PM – Educator Open Forum

Friday, April 19th, 2024

7:00 – 8:45 AM- Registration & Breakfast
8:45 – 9:00 AM – Student-Educator Seminar Welcome
9:00 – 10:00 AM – Join students for Ethics and Law in Medical Imaging
10:00 – 10:30 AM – Break
10:30 – 11: 30 AM – Join students for Test Anxiety and the ARRT Exam
11:30 – 12:30 PM – Lunch Provided
12:30 – 12:45 PM – Student Scientific Paper Presentations
12:45 – 2:45 PM – Educator Open Forum
2:45 – 3:00 PM – Awards – Including ISRT Scholarship

Program schedule subject to change. Lectures which will be presented to the students are also being applied for ASRT CE Credit.

Speaker Information

Matthew J. Millard, MSTD, RT(R)(CT)

DOs and DON’Ts of Digital Imaging
Problem Children of Radiographic Principles
Radiation Protection & Biology
Ethics & Law in Medical Imaging
Test Anxiety & the ARRT Exam

Matthew obtained a certificate in Radiological Sciences from Iowa Methodist School of Radiologic Technology, a Bachelors of Science in Medical Imaging from Clarkson College, and a Masters of Science in Training and Development from St. Francis University. He has worked as a general radiographer, MRI technologist, CT and Cardiovascular Imaging Technologist. He has also worked in radiology education for 23 years and now has taken on the role of Program Planner with the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services.

Amanda Beane, BS, RT(R)(CT)(MR)(BD)

Positioning Recap
Less Common Views and Some Trauma

Alice Shepard, BS, RT(R)(M)

OH NO, Physics
To Pass, or Not to Pass? That is the Question

Alice graduated from the Indian Hills Community College Radiology Program and was a radiographer for 25 years. During that time she worked at St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital for 10 with 6 of those years being a Clinical Instructor for Indian Hills Community College until 2003 when she started as a Clinical Coordinator for Indian Hills. She is also the Physics Instructor for Indian Hills Community College’s Radiology Program. She is a registered Mammographer and for the past two years has been working at MercyOne as a PRN Radiographer.

Tammy Delker MS, RT(R)

To Pass, or Not to Pass? That is the Question

Tammy has been a registered technologist for the past 41 years and a radiology educator for 25 years. She started off her role as an educator at Mercy College of Health Sciences and is currently the Program Director at Indian Hills Community College, where her and Alice have worked together for the past 18 years.

Lindsey Heffernan—Program Director at Iowa Central Community College, Fort Dodge, IA
Gretchen Kilworth—Clinical Coordinator at Mercy College of Health Sciences, Des Moines, IA